Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-05
sisted OF roll OF bank notes. He took
out handful of these and thrust them


Where did this money which could not
! have amounted to less tnan several hun
dred dollars come from, and how did
! Shevelin, with his few dollars week
! salary, come into possession of il? There
| seemed to be 10 answer to these cues
/ tions consistent with the fellows non
esty. The Inspector decided upon taking
new step.
The bank officials mad been some time
| before apprised of the true character OF
their Sunday Waterman and for the
reasons for regarding MIN with distrust,
/ and they h6d naturally been anxious &c
! get rid of him forthwith. But they were
requested, in order not to awaken his
I suspicion, TO defer dismissiuI him
until some time had passed, when
they might do so on some preteYt
not connected with the robbery. He was
! therefore permitted to continue MS
duties, though his movements were al
/ ways under supervision; but tie period
had now arrived when he might be
turned away without prejudice to the
aims OF the police. He was called up SC
Cordingly, his wages were paid, and he
was informed that the bank had made
arrangements which would compel them
/ to dispense with his services.
This proceeding hsd the effect which
| the Inspector had locked for. Without
putting Sheveiin on his guard (fOr he had
/ by this time become persuaded that he
was safe from pursuit. it disturbed and
angered him, and by way Of easing his
mind he began to drink to excess.
Every other device Of "shsdowing'h
having been employed with Indifferent
results, new experiment was now tried
with successful results. The law followed
1 Shevelin's footsteps in the shape OF tie
( ubiquitous ulchtn Of the streets-tse
small boy with MS careless whistle, 9his
/ OmnivOrous curiosity, his rowing dispeSi-
ton, his whip top, his marbles and his
untrammeled habits. This scrap of hu-
mainly was instructed never to lose
sight OF the eN -wa,Chmen, and 10 report
/ where he went, whom he met and what
he said. The commission was accepted
with alscrity and discharged with good
results.
Even the most deprayed persons retain
some instructive confidence in the guile
lessness of childhood and disarm them
elves in its presence, and it might seem
: 8 pity to employ one Of the best impulses
remaining in a criminal to convict him Of
MS wOTSer one. But the operations Of
rein to the sentiment. The BOY brought
in daily reports. and every dey the net Of
evidence around the unconscious man
IVES drawn q little closer. In his drunken
seasons he had q perllous habit of nut
terirg and talking TO himself. From
these mutterings it appeared that he con
sidered himself wrOnged by some person
or 5pcrsOns in c pecunisry matter. He
mad rot been treated right; he had done
much ard they had treated him shabby
they We're "playing him for q sucker"
but he would have his rights. Evidently
, the time was ripe for his arrest.
But the arrest yYas to be made less on
on Shevelil's personal account than as q
means Of getting az his ecCompices, for
il was the Inspectors belief that ne had
neither committed the burglary himself,
nor held in bis possession any consider
. able portion of the funds; the main OBJ
jsCt in securing him was TO induce him to
give up the names of the active perpetrs-
tors. The possibility Of bringing them to
jasticc rested principally upon the con
) tingenCySOf SheveliL' s;tulniTg .stei5 evj-
dtnCe. Should he refuse TO 90 this, very
little practical good would result from
his capture. But Inspector Byrnes had
t taken the measure Of the mans character
I and he believed he could influence hin
: to make the desired revelation.
The ar est was effected on an evening
> n lhe latter part Of February. Sheyeiu
: had by this time grown so confident o
: his safety that the rattle of the handCUf:
r c1 MS wrists startled 6jm almost &.
much as if be had indeed been as in
uocent as he protested he was. No noise
{ CT disturbance attended the capture
y which was made without the knOwledg,
/ Of Gny one except the officers and tht
: prisoner himself. The necessity for thi
: secrecy was obvious. Were the fact tha
t ne had been taken into custody TO leal
q GU, either through the newspapers O.
: otherwise, il would seriously interior,
II with the results which were hoped f.
} from ii. The thieves would take tn
q &larm aad d5CGmp, and the police W0ult
u )a even worse OF than before. twas in
e diSpenssole, therefore, not only 10 ares
MIN quietly, but to keep the event from
e every one untI the expected CoufessIo
lie was obtained.
II But at this point new difficulty va
n encountered The law a relation to ST
20 rested persons is that no prisoner Can %
: kept more than twenty-f0ur hours with
" CUe hearing. Now, then, was SheysIi
ie ters getting wind OF the fact, After som
IS consideration Inspector Byrnes went !
le Jefferson Market Police court and had
N private interview with Justice Morga1
re To him he ccntIed the news OF Shevelin
bit capture, snd i. was arranged between thel
= that the prisoner was to he brought uno
re tentatiOusly before tue Justice the nel
Id afternoon, apparently as a "simp
I'd drunk " The Justice wss to disCharg
him reprimsnd; but, once outside Il
lie door, be WaS to be rearreSte
9 and carried back to the Cent?
ty Oni3e. This process could be repeatt
IS dsy sitter day, as long a. might be neCe,
On sary; and nc one would suspect that
by Cuiprit Introduced in so informal s. mai
j. ner was the man who held in his hand Il
ed key TO the most important mystery
As the day.
ed This plan was puuctually carried Oh
&C. Every day Shevelin wss taken before t
CD magistrate. some unintelligiDle formu
re wss gone through with, and reaching t
ed steeet he wss Immediately Joined by
IN officer, who escorted him to headQuartel
I'D Meanwhile, the INSPECTOR held consts
y, interviews with him in the privacy of
er ctiioe, bringing to bear upon the e
)e- watchmSn's obstinate silence the stTeng
ed of his trained mind end intellgen
mt and keen Insight into hum
Die nature. Had SheveIin been man
if more developed intellect he would nc
it speedily have recognized the futility
his part O. such d contest; bat there
n no dogGedness so immovsble as that o
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